Dylan Bailey (he/him)

That's such a shame, always the way isn't it? :-(

Hagiography with Dr Sarah Waidler

Have you listened to The Medieval Irish History Podcast's latest episode yet?

In this episode, Dr Niamh Wycherley interviews Dr Sarah Waidler (NYU), a specialist on medieval Irish hagiographies and the various texts that can broadly be understood within the spectrum of holy writings.

First ever Irish-language Queer conference will take place in UCD in the 18th of June 2026. They are accepting papers and artistic pieces in Irish from researchers and artists. Interpretation to English will be available for conference attendees. Please spread the word!

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With the DiⒶgnostic team filled for the moment, we are now making good progress with the project.
In news item 12 in August, I announced that Truc Ha Nguyen, a postdoctoral researcher in the project, was compiling a list of all Old and Middle Irish texts included in...
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Also, a few photos from @nmireland.bsky.social which some of us visited yesterday after the conference ended! Including some lovely examples of Ogham!

It was an honour yesterday to close the two-day *Widame conference organised by postgraduates at @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social, it was a great success! I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the proceedings! Hopefully we will see you all again some day soon!

In the past two days, the Maynooth Early Irish postgraduate students organised the *Widame Conference for Postgraduate Scholars in Celtic Studies @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social. We had the pleasure to welcome speakers from universities in six countries.
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TOMORROW! Looking forward to welcoming everyone to Maynooth for an exciting new two-day conference, put on by the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!

See below for more information!

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The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein, Dr Nia Wyn Jones, 17:00 23 October 2025, 2.31 IONTAS Maynooth University

Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 23 October at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.

*The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein*
Dr Nia Wyn Jones (Independent Scholar @niajones.bsky.social)

Croeso i bawb! Fáilte roimh chách!

Amazing to see the Book of Lecan in the flesh during last week's brilliant conference at @ria.ie, hosted with @ceilteachomn.bsky.social and @scs-dias.bsky.social !

It is the subject of a two-day conference taking place this week in RIA, in collaboration with @maynoothuniversity.ie and the @dias-isos.bsky.social Read more and view the digital images, provided by Irish Script on Screen and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library: www.ria.ie/collections/...

How to get away with murder in medieval Ireland Duinetháide murders, where the killer didn't leave a trace or a body, carry all the intrigue of a classic murder mystery

Fantastic piece on a fascinating aspect of early Irish law, by my former PhD student and @ceilteachomn.bsky.social graduate, Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, who is now a postdoc at @scs-dias.bsky.social

#MedievalSky

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Visit Words on the Wave at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on October 24th

www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Thank you for the opportunity! This research was carried out as part of the Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World (LEIGHEAS) project led by my supervisor @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social in the @ceilteachomn.bsky.social at @maynoothuniversity.ie!

Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…

Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland!

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”Sunt lacrimae rerum...”
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), poet of Ancient Rome, whose epic Aeneid inspired Western art & literature, died #OTD 19 BC.
Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672, by Claude Lorrain
National Gallery London

Looking forward to hosting people at Maynooth this November! Everyone come down!

An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe "An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" published on 04 Aug 2025 by Brill.

Delighted to have a chapter on Irish medical writing published Open Access in this excellent volume, now available in print! Many thanks to @brendankanect.bsky.social and Patrick Wadden for all their hard work as editors:

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Thanks to you, Deborah, and to all the other contributors for their wonderful work. And thanks to Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social for such an excellent job all around in producing the volume. Can't say enough about their professionalism and support; joy to work with. Enjoy, a chairde!

Attendees at Celtic Studies summer school at DIAS standing on steps of the building.

Scoil samhraidh 2025: gabhaimid ár mbuíochas le gach duine a ghlac páirt inti, agus tá súil againn gur bhain gach duine leas agus spraoi aisti.
Summer School 2025: thanks to all who took part, and we hope everyone benefited from it and enjoyed it.
www.dias.ie/2024/11/12/c...

Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

It's been an intensive but fulfilling last two weeks! Thank you to @scs-dias.bsky.social for hosting such an amazing event, I've learnt so much and would definitely recommend the Summer School to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of the Celtic nations!

Royal Irish Academy, 2-3 Octover
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What an incredible time at this year's @celticstudents.bsky.social conference! Looking forward to seeing it come to Trinity next year. In the mean time, enjoy these photos from Aberystwyth, including an amazing sea view and an incredible gig from Welsh and Breton bands Sachasky and Plouz and Foen!

Ní hansae, The School of Celtic Studies Research Podcast Season 2: Trailer YouTube video by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS

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It's back! Can't wait to see what else @dias.ie has in store for us. First episode is already available online!

Looking forward to hearing from all the amazing speakers at @celticstudents.bsky.social conference in Aberystwyth!

Cyfieithu | Interpretation Cyfieithu | Interpretation Certain sessions will contain papers presented in a Celtic language. Simultaneous Interpretation to English will be provided for these papers so everyone can understand and...

Simultaneous interpretation will be available at our conference for all Celtic-language papers. Make sure to bring headphones and a phone/laptop with you to Aberystwyth to access the interpretation. Learn how interpretation on Zoom works here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

(Go raibh míle maith agat to Eoin McEvoy at UCD for the photo!)

Enjoyed attending and speaking at Comhdháil ar an Óige agus an Míchumas: Polasaí, Cleachtas, Cuimsiú agus Pobal na Gaeilge’ at UCD today, where I discussed the theory behind discussing disability in medieval Ireland. Learnt a lot from the other papers, and also got to practice my cúpla focal! GRMA!

A few highlights from my trip to the Words on the Wave exhibition at the National Museum of Archaeology in Dublin, deffo worth a visit!